Jerry Buttimer (Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

In time, yes. The Bill is complex and it requires detailed analysis, probing and consideration. I will be happy to have the Minister come to the House but it is important to recognise the significance of the work our Judiciary has undertaken and that it has been independent and served the State well.

Senators Boyhan and Devine referred to the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government who I confirm will be in the House on 8 February, which is in just two weeks. As Senator Devine knows, the changes the Minister announced on councillors' pay and conditions will be the subject of a regulation introduced on 1 July. We must record that for the first time in 15 years, we have a Minister who is willing to make a change. Whether we agree or whether he has gone too far or not far enough are matters of opinion. The Minister has been the only Minister in the Department, despite views expressed in correspondence and commentary by certain Members of the House, who has done anything. I will stand to be tested on that because I know it is the correct answer. That is a fact.